Combination coin and paper holder



Aug. 19, 1958 H. T. ODOM COMBINATION COIN AND PAPER HOLDER Filed March31, 1955 HAQQY TRACY 000M INVENTOR ATTORNEYS nited States PatentCOMBINATION COIN AND PAPER HOLDER Harry Tracy Odom, Winston-Salem, N. C.Application March 31, 1955, Serial No. 498,147

3 Claims. I (Cl. 211-89) This invention relates to a new and improvedcombination coin and paper holder that has particular relation toholders adapted to be attached inside of a car on a supporting structuresuch as a sun visor for example.

It is an object of this invention to provide a combination coin andpaper holder having a plurality of flexible finger-like memberscircularly arranged for gripping a coin or paper.

Another object of this invention is to provide a combination coin andpaper holder which may be easily attached to a supporting structure suchas a sun visor in a car and which may be easily detached therefrom forinserting or removing a coin or paper therefrom.

A further object of my invention is to provide a holder which willequally retain large or small coins and papers therein.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a coin and paperholder affording perfect visibility of the coins and papers for thepurpose of instantaneous identification.

Some of the objects of the invention having been stated, other objectswill appear as the description proceeds when taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an isometric viewshowing the combination coin and paper holder mounted on a sun visorinside of a car;

Figure 2 is a front elevation view on an enlarged scale showing thecombination coin and paper holder secured to a sun visor of a car andretaining coins therein;

Figure 3 is a side elevation showing the holder attached to a sun visor;

Figure 4 is a vertical section on an enlarged scale taken along line 44of Figure 2.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the holder is provided witha circular base having down turned flanges 11 at opposed side edgesthereof which are connected by suitable pivot means 12 to correspondingupturned flanges 13 of a circular back mounting or clamping plate 14.The circular base 10 and clamping plate 14 have opposed abutments orstud portions 15, 16 secured thereto by suitable fastening means such asscrews 18 and 19. These abutrnents and 16 penetrate the ends of aresilient member such as coil spring 20 which serves to urge toward eachother corresponding base and plate portions 10a and 14a which serve forclamping the holder device to a supporting structure such as a car sunvisor 30.

Concentrically arranged to the base 10 and secured thereto by suitablemeans such as a screw 21 is a circular coin or paper gripping plate ordisk 22 provided with a plurality of circularly arranged radiallyextending resilient finger-like members or projections 23 havingupturned ends 23a. The diameter of the gripping plate or disk 22 withthe radially extending finger-like members 23 integral therewith is lessthan the diameter of base 10. Therefore, the outer extremities of thefinger-like members 23 terminate a short distance from the edges ofplate 10 to enable coins or the like C to readily be inserted betweenthe base 10 and members 23.

Between the gripping plate 22 and base 10 is a circular spacer member 24which is penetrated by the screw 21. The spacer member 24 has a diametercorresponding with the diameter defined by the juncture of thefinger-like members 23 and disk 22. The spacer member 24 serves topermit the finger-like members 23 to be provided with inturned or convexportions 23b (Figure 4) pressing against plate 10 for securely grippingcoins and papers inserted therebetween. Also the spacer memberfacilitates theinsetting of coins between the base and finger-likemembers.

The base 10, back plate 14, and spacer member 24 may be made of anydesired material such as plastic, tempered steel, aluminum and the like.Polystyrene plastic is preferred because of its low cost.

The use of a plastic would lead to a highly pleasing holder since thebase 10, back plate 14, gripping plate 22, and spacer member 24 could bemade of various contrasting colors, presenting a pleasing product.

It will be obvious that if plastic is employed for the holder, abutmentsor stud portions 15 and 16 would be molded as an integral part of thebase 10, and back plate 14 respectively.

In the drawings and specification there has been set forth a preferredembodiment of the invention, and although specific terms are employed,they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not forpurposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being defined in theclaims.

I claim:

1. A self-supporting coin holder comprising a base and a clamping plate,resilient means extending between first proximal edge portions of saidbase and clamping plate and urging the base and clamping plate away fromeach other adjacent said proximal edge portions, the base and clampingplate converging toward each other from opposite ends of said resilientmeans to a point where second proximal edges of the base and clampingplate opposed from said first-named proximal edges are urged intoengagement with one another by said resilient means, spacing membersdisposed between said first and second proximal edges and extendingtoward each other from proximal surfaces of the base and clamping plate,a pivoted fulcrum interconnecting said spacing members, a coin grippingplate arranged in generally parallel spaced relation to the surface ofthe base remote from the clamping plate, a plurality of radialprojections extending from said gripping plate and overlying the base, aspacer disposed between the coin gripping plate and the base and saidspacer having a circumference less than the area defined by the junctureof the radial projections with the gripping plate and being confinedwithin said area, and means connecting the gripping plate and the spacerto the base.

2. A self-supporting coin holder adapted to frictionally engage a carsun visor or the like, said coin holder comprising a base and a clampingplate extending in diverging planes from opposed surfaces of the sunvisor, means maintaining the base and clamping plate in spaced relationadjacent their medial portions, pivot means disposed between the baseand clamping plate and pivotally interconnecting the base and clampingplate adjacent said medial portions, resilient means extending betweenproximal edge portions of the base and clamping plate remote from thejuncture'of the base and clamping plate with the sun visor and normallyurging the base and clamping plate into frictional engagement withopposed surfaces of the sun visor, a coin gripping plate connected tothe surface of the base remote from the clamping plate, and a 3plurality of radial projections extending from said gripping plate andoverlying the base whereby coins may be held between the radialprojections and the base.

3. A self-supporting coin holder adapted to frictionally grip a car sunvisor or the like comprising a base and a clamping plate pivotallyconnected together in spaced relation adjacent their medial portions,resilient means extending between the base and clamping plate adjacentproximal edge portions thereof to urge proximal portions of the base andclamping plate remote from said resilient means toward each other andinto engagement with opposed surfaces of the car sun visor, a spacercentrally arranged against the surface of the base remote from theclamping plate and said spacer being of smaller crosssectional area thanthe base, a coin gripping plate arranged against the spacer and aplurality of resilient projections 4 extending from the gripping platebeyondthe spacer, and the free ends of the resilient projections beingnormally biased into engagement with the base whereby coins may be heldbetween the projections and the base.

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